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Object Number 79-14-20/17425.1
Display Title Mortar and pestle, lava
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pestle, porous black rock, pitted, with incised line
Classification
  • Pestle
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Morelos / Cuernavaca / Cuernavaca
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 9 x 4.1 x 3.8 cm (3 9/16 x 1 5/8 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity 7
Label on object 79-14-20/17425.1

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